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Can we trust John McCain to exercise good judgment as Commander in Chief?

He was an early and strong supporter of the invasion of Iraq. At that time he expressed confidence in the Bush administration’s estimation of Iraq’s offensive capabilities and he assured the American people that the our soldiers would be “greeted as Liberators”. Given that his earlier judgments were proven wrong, and he still stands by them how can anyone say that he has an appropriate level of judgment to be Commander in Chief?

During the Viet Nam War McCain said we should have bombed Soviet ships. If we had done so life on earth may have ended in a massive Nuclear War.

Just look at what McCain has said these past few years, it says much about his judgment:

The next 3-6 months will be critical.”
John McCain September, 2003

” We will probably see progress in the next 6 months.”
John McCain December 2005

“We are going to win this thing or lose this thing in
the next 6 months.”
John McCain November 2006

“We will never surrender but there will be other
wars.”
John McCain January, 2008

“It’s common knowledge and has been reported in the
media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and
receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from
Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.”
John McCain March, 2008

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How to Chief the Way the Pros Do It

Frequently I have buddies who try to chief villages and fail. Here is how it should be done. If you cannot follow this tutorial because you do not have enough chiefs/resources, then your target is too far away from your villages and you should probably stick to using settlers.

For simplicity sake, I am going to outline the steps leading up to chiefing and the actual process itself in bullet form. This guide is for people who already command a good understanding of Travian. If You Are already at the last step then just skip ahead to the last few points:

1.    Build a palace in a village that you do NOT intend on making your capital. Bring it to 20, and build 3 chiefs.

2.    Catapult your palace or demolish it with your level 10 main building. Catapulting it is much faster, but you may not have that option from the drop down menu.

3.    Build another palace in another village that you do NOT intend on making your capital and build 3 more chiefs. You Can do this as many times as you want.

4.    Bring your residence to 10 (or 20) in a village with an open slot for founding another village. Build a chief.

5.    Now you are ready to set up the following attacks on your chiefing target: a.    Clearing wave sent from your hammer village. b.    A second clearing wave in case the player you are defender attempts to “snipe” your chiefs. c.    3-5 more waves each with a chief and a small escort of troops

6.    The attacks above should take place over 3 seconds where the first two hit at seconds 1 and 2, and the last ones hit in the 3rd second.

There you have it. Ideally, you also will want to cripple your targets nearby villages so he cannot react quickly. Don’t forget to book out the residence and main building of the village you want to chief.

Good luck!

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Daniel Massicotte has invested over 400 hours into understanding Travian. Join his newsletter to learn more about the game and Learn How to manage 50 villages on one account here: http://tips4travian.com